guêpier

French

Etymology

From guêpe ‘wasp’. Compare Italian vespaio, Occitan vespièr, Portuguese vespeiro, Spanish avispero, Romanian viespar, Catalan vesper, Friulian gjespâr, Sardinian ghespàrju.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡepje/

Noun

guêpier m (plural guêpiers)

bee-eater
trap
wasp's nest

See also

guêpière

Further reading

“guêpier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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